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Introduction
Introduction
Knowledge of the history of technology and societies helps people understand the world around them by seeing how people of all times, and places, have increased their capability by using their unique skills to innovate, improvise, and invent.
On this page you will find a timeline of electronic games and electronic game consoles.
Timeline
Timeline
Spacewar
Spacewar
•Developed by Steve Russell in 1962.
•Played on the DEC PDP-1 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
•The player had to shoot the other spaceships while flying around a star.
Magnavox Odyssey
Magnavox Odyssey
•Released in 1972
•Was capable of displaying three square dots and a line on the screen in black and white.
•The games included plastic overlays which stick to the television via static cling, to create visuals for the game.
Pong
Pong
Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games. It is a table tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. The game was originally manufactured by Atari, which released it in 1972.
ATARI 2600
ATARI 2600
•Released in 1977.
•The first video game console to support game cartridges.
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
An arcade video game created released in 1978. It is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon to earn as many points as possible. It was one of the forerunners of modern video gaming and helped expand the video game industry from a novelty to a global industry. When first released, Space Invaders was very successful.
Tetris
Tetris
A tile-matching puzzle video game, originally designed and programmed by Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984.
Sony Playstation
Sony Playstation
A home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment in 1995. The console was the first of the PlayStation lineup of home video game consoles. It primarily competed with the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn as part of the fifth generation of video game consoles.
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo Wii
A home video game console released by Nintendo in 2006. The Wii introduced the Wii Remote controller, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and which detects movement in three dimensions.
Minecraft
Minecraft
A sandbox video game developed and published by Mojang in 2011. The creative and building aspects of Minecraft allow players to build with a variety of different cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat.
Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto V
An action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games in 2013. It is set within the fictional state of San Andreas, based on Southern California, the single-player story follows three criminals and their efforts to commit heists while under pressure from a government agency. The open world design lets players freely roam San Andreas' open countryside and the fictional city of Los Santos, based on Los Angeles. Extensively marketed and widely anticipated, the game broke industry sales records and became the fastest-selling entertainment product in history, earning one billion dollars in its first three days.
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